Splunk Takes Big Data to School
Machine data software maker Splunk is one the biggest success stories to have emerged out of the still-maturing analytics industry, and right now it seems that universities are among the highest priorities on its…
OpenStack Devs Leave Rackspace, Join Nebula
GigaOM received confirmation late last night that seven developers are leaving OpenStack open source cloud project co-founder Rackspace Hosting to join up with Nebula, which is working to develop private cloud infrastructures using OpenStack as a…
Mashery Raises $10 Million for API Management, Points Towards Future of Cloud
SaaS-delivered API management tool Mashery has raised $10 million to further what it calls the “post-website era,” led by OpenView Venture Partners and other with participation from existing investors including Cisco, Formative Ventures, First Round…
Bottlenose Enters Public Beta, Takes on Google for Social Search
Bottlenose entered public beta today. The real-time social search engine aggregates data from Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and LinkedIn and visualizes it all for the user in one of several different formats. Undergoing a…
Lenovo’s CEO Leads Path to Success and Worker Rewards
Lenovo has been busy. It’s continuing to grow its share of the global PC market. Lenovo is also attempting to establish a stronger presence in mobile; the company has even engaged Microsoft in hopes…
Apple’s Q3 Earnings: Will There Be Surprises?
The tech industry is still busily releasing earning statements this month. IBM and Google have already released impressive numbers. Microsoft invoked gasps by reporting its first loss since it went public almost three decades…
The Truth About Government IT Security and What a Smart CIO Should Do About It
During this day and age when almost everything revolves around using the computer and the Internet, it’s bothersome to hear how services aren’t that secured and your personal details can easily be hacked by…
Scaling Business: Predicting How Big your Cloud-based Company Can Be
By Guest Author
You don’t have to look far to stumble across a company that has seen its once-stellar growth evolve to a point where the customer base stagnates. While business seemingly remains steady, the number of…
Breaking: Analysis: VMware Buys Nicira For $1.26B in Cash
By John Furrier
Big news in what SiliconANGLE has been calling the biggest disruption in generations – Converged Infrastructure. VMware is buying privately held Nicira Inc for about $1.26B in cash to expand its network virtualization…
Self-Service, Virtualization Can Help State Governments Do More with Less
The Great Recession has technically been over for three years now, but organizations of all types are still in recovery mode. Among the hardest hit are state governments, whose tax coffers are languishing. According…